the trooping of the colour
UKa ceremony in which a military flag is carried in public with the soldiers that it represents marching behind it:
We watched the trooping of the colour live from Horse Guards Parade.
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Ceremonies
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- commemorate
- commencement
- induction
- initiate
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- MC
- nuptials
- pageant
- ritual
- salute
- solemnize
- speech day
- state occasion
- the red carpet
- troop
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